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Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Think of the children.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I extend my thanks to the organisers of the Tree of Hope event who were on the lawn this morning. The planting of a Tree of Hope was respectful, bracing and uplifting. I hope we will all ponder and enjoy it as we walk around the gardens. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar, is in a bit of trouble this morning over the backlog of maternity benefit payments, for which he...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Surely that is defamation.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Here we go again.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader is out of order again. He throws lots of digs and is very defensive.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader should stop lecturing us. It is his true form.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: It is the Leader's default position to lecture and to get digs in every now and then.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader is nasty.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: He does not know how to address the Chair. Day in, day out, he is like a broken record.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader will undermine his party's position.

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the legislation on behalf of Sinn Féin. It is one tool to tackle a major problem and I congratulate Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin on pushing it through. It is a good day when action is being taken. In December last year the Health Research Board released figures for deaths due to poisoning and a drug overdose in the years from 2004 to 2017, inclusive....

Seanad: Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome everyone to the House and congratulate my colleague, Senator Warfield, on bringing the Bill before the House. I also want to thank Independent Senators Norris and Grace O'Sullivan for co-signing the Bill. This is a human rights issue, but I want to discuss the Bill from the perspective of mental health and well-being on the island, for which I am Sinn Féin spokesperson. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Fianna Fáil should have voted for it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: We have had a very happy start to the week. Fianna Fáil is not happy with Sinn Féin. Perhaps we are threatening them too much, but the bluster on my left-hand side from Fianna Fáil in its attempt to get over its embarrassment and a failure to follow its own policies, as stated by my colleague, Senator Conway-Walsh, is cringeworthy-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Senator Daly, please. I wish to raise two matters. I was at a conference on the values of nursing and midwifery held in Dublin Castle this morning with 500 nurses. I want this House to congratulate the chief nursing officer of Ireland and the HSE on what was a wonderful discussion and workshops on our values. They will incorporate and bring back compassion and care, which has been eroded...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: That is so populist.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: It is about fear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: It is absolutely no money.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: On a point of clarification, is the time for statements on the second interim report of the Commission on Mother and Baby homes reduced?

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister back to the House. It is important that she allows for oral collation of the history. We should have it in our archives and the National Library for our children and theirs to remember. It is important that we do not ever forget. As Senator Boyhan has said, records were destroyed. There also exist records that were sidelined. Numerous papers were never filed or...